SQL Saturdays – down memory lane
A casual twitter-conversation with Karla Landrum and some other peeps led me down memory lane on older events. Our SQL...
2017-05-01
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Mala Mahadevan
Normal approximation to binomial distribution using T-SQL and R
In the previous post I demonstrated the use of binomial formula to calculate probabilities of events occurring in certain situations....
2017-04-17
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The Binomial Formula with T-SQL and R
In a previous post I explained the basics of probability. In this post I will use some of those principles to...
2017-04-17 (first published: 2017-04-10)
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Sampling Distribution and Central Limit Theorem
In this post am going to explain (in highly simplified terms) two very important statistical concepts – the sampling distribution and central...
2017-04-03
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Basics of Probability
In this post am going to introduce into some of the basic principles of probability – and use it in other posts...
2017-03-30 (first published: 2017-03-20)
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Generating Frequency Table
This week’s blog post is rather simple. One of the main characteristics of a data set involving classes, or discrete...
2017-03-20 (first published: 2017-03-06)
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TSQL2sday – Daily database WTF
This month’s TSQL Tuesday is organized by Kennie T Pontoppidan(t) – the topic is ‘Daily Database WTF‘ – or a horror story...
2017-03-12
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The Empirical Rule
I am resuming technical blogging after a gap of nearly a month. I will continue to blog my re learning...
2017-03-02 (first published: 2017-02-27)
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SQL Cruise 2017 – Western Carribean – my experience
As some readers may know, I am a regular attendee on SQL Cruise s for 8 years now. SQLCruise is...
2017-02-19
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My Epic Life Quest
I have always maintained a private bucket list. I have not had the courage to actually put it down in...
2017-01-13 (first published: 2017-01-02)
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Blogs
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Monday Monitor Tips: SQL Auditing Preview
By Steve Jones
One of the features we advocates have been advocating for is a better way...
SQL Server 2025 CU1 Fixes the Docker Desktop AVX Issue on macOS
Microsoft fixed the AVX instruction issue in SQL Server 2025 CU1. The container now...
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25 Years of SQL Server Central
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The Decoded Value
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Deploying SQL Server Developer Edition in Kubernetes: A Cost-Effective Alternative to RDS
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Question of the Day
The Decoded Value
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned from this code:
DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!'; DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX); SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(CAST(@message AS VARBINARY(1000))); SELECT BASE64_DECODE(@encoded)See possible answers